Advanced Web Application Penetration Testing and Security

Advanced Web Application Penetration Testing and Security

Course Duration: 60 Days

Target Audience:

  • • Ethical Hackers
  • • Security Professionals
  • • Web Developers
  • • System Administrators
  • • Anyone interested in web security

Course Objectives:

  • • Understand the fundamentals of web application security.
  • • Develop practical skills in finding and exploiting vulnerabilities.
  • • Learn the latest security threats and countermeasures.
  • • Gain hands-on experience with popular penetration testing tools.
  • • Develop a professional penetration testing report.

Course Assessment:

  • • Weekly quizzes and assignments.
  • • Mid-term practical assessment.
  • • Final project: Conduct a penetration test on a real-world web application.

Course Modules

Module 1

Introduction to Web Application Security

  • Importance of web application security in the digital age
  • The role of penetration testing in securing web applications

Module 2

Essential Skills

  • Developing essential skills, including scripting, programming, and networking.
  • Practical exercises to strengthen skills relevant to penetration testing.

Module 3

Setting Up the Testing Environment

  • Creating isolated testing environments using virtualization.
  • Selection of essential tools such as Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, and Nmap.

Module 4

Web Application Penetration Testing Tools

  • Practical usage and understanding of popular penetration testing tools.
  • Hands-on experience with tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, and others.

Module 5

Information Gathering and Reconnaissance

  • Techniques for footprinting and reconnaissance, including subdomain enumeration
  • Tools like Recon-ng, Shodan, and theHarvester for information gathering

Module 6

Web Application Scanning and Enumeration

  • Using tools like Nikto and Wfuzz for web application scanning
  • Enumerating directories with GoBuster and Dirb

Module 7

SQL Injection

  • Understanding different SQL injection variants (e.g., UNION-based, Blind SQL Injection)
  • Manual and automated testing for SQL injection vulnerabilities

Module 8

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks

  • Exploring reflected, stored, and DOM-based XSS attacks
  • Applying proper input validation and output encoding to prevent XSS

Module 9

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

  • Crafting CSRF attacks to perform actions on behalf of authenticated users
  • Implementing anti-CSRF tokens and best practices

Module 10

Clickjacking

  • Understanding the user interface redressing attack.
  • Techniques to prevent clickjacking, including X-Frame-Options headers.

Module 11

DOM-based Vulnerabilities

  • Examining DOM-based XSS, DOM Clobbering, and other DOM-related issues
  • Secure coding practices to mitigate DOM vulnerabilities

Module 12

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

  • Configuring and exploiting CORS policies
  • Impact of misconfigured CORS on web application security

Module 13

XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

  • XML parsing vulnerabilities leading to XXE
  • Techniques for exploiting XXE and mitigations

Module 14

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

  • Understanding SSRF, including blind SSRF.
  • Exploiting SSRF to access internal resources and services

Module 15

HTTP Request Smuggling

  • The intricacies of HTTP request smuggling and its impact
  • Techniques to detect and prevent request smuggling

Module 16

OS Command Injection

  • Recognizing and exploiting OS command injection vulnerabilities
  • Secure input validation and sanitization practices

Module 17

Server-Side Template Injection

  • Understanding template engines and their security implications
  • Exploiting server-side template injection vulnerabilities

Module 18

Path Traversal

  • Identifying and exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities
  • Prevention and secure file handling practices

Module 19

Access Control Vulnerabilities

  • Access control flaws, including horizontal and vertical privilege escalation
  • Implementing proper access control mechanisms

Module 20

Authentication

  • Authentication methods, including multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Password policies, account lockout mechanisms, and secure authentication practices

Module 21

WebSockets

  • WebSocket protocol and security considerations
  • WebSockets for real-time communication and potential vulnerabilities

Module 22

Web Cache Poisoning

  • Techniques for poisoning web caches and their impact
  • Best practices for securing web caches

Module 23

Insecure Deserialization

  • Understanding deserialization and insecure deserialization attacks
  • Secure deserialization practices

Module 24

Information Disclosure

  • Methods for unintentional information disclosure, such as error handling
  • Protecting sensitive information and handling errors securely

Module 25

Business Logic Vulnerabilities

  • Recognizing and exploiting flaws in application logic
  • Testing for authorization bypass and business process flaws

Module 26

HTTP Host Header Attacks

  • Exploiting vulnerabilities related to the Host header
  • Preventing host header attacks and securing web servers

Module 27

OAuth Authentication

  • Understanding the OAuth protocol, including OAuth 2.0
  • Implementing OAuth securely and common OAuth vulnerabilities

Module 28

File Upload Vulnerabilities

  • Identifying and exploiting file upload vulnerabilities, including file extension bypass
  • Validating and securing file upload functionality

Module 29

JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

  • In-depth examination of JWT structure and encoding
  • Exploiting JWT vulnerabilities and best practices

Module 30

Prototype Pollution

  • Recognizing and exploiting prototype pollution vulnerabilities
  • Mitigations and secure coding practices to prevent prototype pollution

Module 31

GraphQL API Vulnerabilities

  • Security considerations for GraphQL APIs
  • Identifying common vulnerabilities in GraphQL endpoints

Module 32

Race Conditions

  • Understanding race conditions and their exploitation
  • Strategies for preventing race conditions in web applications

Module 27

OAuth Authentication

  • Understanding the OAuth protocol, including OAuth 2.0
  • Implementing OAuth securely and common OAuth vulnerabilities

Module 33

NoSQL Injection

  • Examining NoSQL databases, injection techniques, and payload construction
  • Prevention and secure coding practices for NoSQL injection

Module 34

Web Application Penetration Testing Reporting

  • Guidelines for creating comprehensive penetration testing reports
  • Communicating findings and recommendations effectively

Module 35

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Penetration Testing

  • Legal and ethical considerations for penetration testers
  • Complying with laws, regulations, and ethical standards

Module 36

Vulnerability Management and Remediation

  • Managing discovered vulnerabilities and prioritizing remediation efforts
  • Strategies for addressing security issues in web applications

Module 37

Real-World Case Studies and Hands-On Labs

  • • Applying learned skills to real-world scenarios through hands-on labs
  • • Case studies to explore how vulnerabilities manifest in practice

Module 27

OAuth Authentication

  • Understanding the OAuth protocol, including OAuth 2.0
  • Implementing OAuth securely and common OAuth vulnerabilities

Module 38

Final Project - Comprehensive Web Application Penetration Test

  • Conducting a comprehensive penetration test on a real-world web application
  • Preparing a detailed final project report and presentation showcasing the assessment and recommended security improvements.

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